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624 Customizing Designer Pro

Customizing Designer Pro

Changing the blank template document

The blank template documents are the options available under "FILE" > "NEW".

To add a template document:

1. Open an existing document ("FILE" > "OPEN", or "Ctrl + O") or create a new
one with the NEW button on the Standard control bar or "Ctrl + N".
2. Make any required changes (these could be changing the page size,
adding a logo or adding a message). You can edit the template document
just like an ordinary document.
3. When you are happy with the changes choose "FILE" > "SAVE TEMPLATE"
and choose a template name.

To make your new template the default template (i.e. which is there when you first open
Designer Pro, and which appears when you press "Ctrl + N") check the USE AS DEFAULT
TEMPLATE option when saving the template.

Displaying your own icons in browser tabs: favicons

You may want to display your own customized icon, for example, a logo, on your site's
page tabs when they are displayed in a web browser. Designer Pro allows you to do this
by applying the name 'favicon' to your custom tab icon.

To create a 'favicon', draw or drag on to a web page the image that you want to use. The
image can be any size as it will be scaled to the right size automatically when displayed
in a browser.

Click it then click the Names button to the right of the SELECTOR TOOL InfoBar.

In the Names dialog, type 'favicon' into the APPLY NAMES box and click ADD then CLOSE.

Preview your website in your choice of web browser. The easiest way is to click one of
the Preview icons and in the Xara Designer Pro X preview window, and then choose one
of the web browsers in the top right of the preview window.